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		dgbsco on April 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stop working so hard The "40 Hour Work Week" is, and always has been, a total sham. It's a "factory production" mentality transplanted into the modern workplace - where our fruit is our creativity, not a number of units produced.

sageikosa on April 3, 2013 [–]

Amen. And jamming people into little veal fattening pens...I mean, cubicles...doesn't exactly make the use of space more effective either.

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